People's Camp Hits the Streets of Hong Kong Against WTO
- December 11, 2005

Grassroots representatives of peasants, women, agricultural workers, and support NGOs from Bangladesh, India (North and South), Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines joined thousands of protesters on the streets of Hong Kong on the 1st of three marches being organized to protest the WTO Ministerial, December 13-18. These representatives will be holding events in the "People's Camp for Food Sovereignty"-a space for grassroots people to put forward their protests against the WTO and to forge solidarity with others wishing to collaborate on Food Sovereignty issues. The People's Camp, taking place from December 15-17, will have tribunals, seminars, workshops, protest actions, exhibits, a Rice Festival and other cultural events. It is being organized by Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific (PANAP) and the People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) together with 40 People's Organisations and support NGOs from all over Asia and other regions. Photo: PAN AP